Schedule and 2010-11 Results
Regular Season Records: Boston 56-26, New York 42-40
Game 1 on Sunday, 17 April: New York loses at Boston, 87-pts-85
Game 2 on Tuesday, 19 April: New York loses at Boston, 96-pts-93
Game 3 on Friday, 22 April: Boston wins at New York, 113-pts-96
Game 4 on Sunday, 24 April: Boston wins at New York, 101-pts-89

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Boston Celtics defeated the New York Knickerbockers 4-games-nil in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1139. With their series 1139 win, the Boston Celtics improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 60-20 overall and 5-2 in the Preliminary round. With their series 1139 loss, the New York Knickerbockers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 17-24 overall and 0-2 in the Preliminary round. The win order posted by the victorious Boston Celtics in series 1139 was WWWW: Series 1139 thus becomes the 13th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 58th NBA series (all rounds), and the 188th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order to completion. The four-game sweep of a best-of-7 NBA playoff series is the fifth achieved by the Boston Celtics and the fourth suffered by the New York Knickerbockers.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2010-11 regular season, the Boston Celtics finished 14 games ahead of the New York Knickerbockers. From 1947 through the 2010 NBA Finals, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 14 regular-season games, they have posted a 14-0 (1.000) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1139 is the 41st best-of-7 playoff series for New York, and the 80th for Boston. In best-of-7 playoff series, New York has a 17-23 series record, a 0-1 Prelim-round series record, and a 19-21 Game 1 record, while Boston has a 59-20 series record, a 4-2 Prelim-round record, and a 55-24 Game 1 record. Series 1139 is the sixth best-of-7 meeting between New York and Boston; Boston won three of the preceding five series.